Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,527, Elisha Field, Vt.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Vt.
Field, Elisha
P. 3,527
CONTENTS

Lydia Alline affidavit
Elisha Tull's bass

I Lydia Allen of Cornwall County of Addison & State of Vermont of lawful age do testify and say that my brother Elisha Field of said Cornwall enlisted in to the service of the United States of America to my best recollection the year but one before the revolutionary war closed betwixt the United States & Great Britain for the term of three months and was absent from home for the said term of three months after enlisting And I further say that I was knowing to the said Elisha Field being called out in the militia at different times
Cornwall July 5 th 1832
her Lydia + Allen
Mark
State of Vermont } Cornwall July 5 th 1832 Addison County } Then Lydia Allen Personally appeared and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed contains the truth before me
William Hamilton, Justice Peace

Declaration of Elisha Field
Given at P. Richard D. Mass 6th day of July A.D. 1852 E. D. B. a.k.a. U.H.

State of Vermont } addison County ss. }
At a special Term of addison County Court commenced and held at Middlebury in said County on the 3 d day of July A.D. 1832 Personally appeared Elisha Field of the Town of Cornwall in said County before the Judges of said Court in open Court and being duly sworn ac- cording to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That this deponent was 70 years old the 3 d day of March last that he entered the service of the united States in the army of the revolution by enlisting into Capt William Bryan's Company at Shapsburg in Vermont, early in April 1778 that the Lieutenant of the Company was Thomas Vans that said company belonged to Seth Warner's regiment, that Ebenezer Walbridge was Lieut. Colonel of said regiment and that John Bile was adjutant that the term of enlistment was eighteen months and that after joining said Com- pany which was before the 10 th of April for this deponent was marched to Albany where Warner's regiment remained about a month, at the end of which time this deponent marched with his regiment to Fort Schuyler - There was at Fort Schuyler a company of Continental soldiers who remained there with this deponent, but this deponent cannot now remember the names of the officers of said company - This deponent remained at Fort Schuyler until the time of his enlistment had expired when

He was Honorably discharged, the dispen on entred said service as a volunteer & his discharge was in writing but has been lost or destroyed for more than twenty years - After this dispen was discharged as above he entred again as a volunteer into the same company for three months but returned home to Shopton and remained some days before commencing the three months service - When this dispen commenced the three months service they marched to Skeneborough and the troops there were commanded by Ethan Allen this dispen remained at Skeneborough about two months & marched from there to Fort Ann where he served the remainder of his term and was Honorably discharged in writing & paid by Thomas Tolman paymaster - The paymaster for my first service of 18 months was Thomas I think his first name was Ebenezer but cannot be positive - Said last mentioned discharge has been many years lost or destroyed - This dispen further declares that in July 1777 he volunteered and joined Capt Philip Perys company of militia to go against Burgoyne, that this dispen with said company marched to Stillwater, and remained there until the battle at that place, that this dispen was engaged in that battle and that Israel Field an uncle of this dispen was killed in said action - This dispen was out at this time about two months

but had no written discharge - This deponent was at home but a few days after the last move when he was called out and joined Capt William Loyal's company, the same officer into whose company he enlisted the next year and immediately marched to Saratoga. This deponent was present at the surrender of Burgoyne and saw him deliver up his sword - This deponent immediately returned home having been out the last mentioned time about a month - This deponent further declares that in May 1777 he was at Pittsfield in Vermont a month or two in the militia guarding a small log fort. This deponent further declares that William Loyal the Captain under whom he served, died about three years ago at Castleton in Vermont and that this deponent does not know an officer or soldier with whom he served that is now alive - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed - { the day & year aforesaid } E. D. Barber Atty      E. D. Barber
I Charles Linsley now of Middlebury in the County of Addison certify that I have long known Elisha Field that all the early part of my life I lived in the neighborhood of Field and am well acquainted with him that I believe him to be 70 years of age that

is reported and believed in the neighborhood when he used to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concur in that opinion ————— Chs Linsley
Sworn and subscribed this
5th day of July A.D. 1832
E. D. Barber clk
I William P Abbott of Carmel in the County of Dutchess & State of New York certify that I have been acquainted with Elisha Field the signor of the foregoing declaration for more than thirty years and have lived in the neighborhood of Elisha Field in Carmel aforesaid during all said time. I believe Mr Field to be as much as 71 years of age & has always been reported & believed in the neighborhood when I Field used to be a soldier of the revolution & I concur in that opinion Wm. P. Abbott
Sworn and subscribed this 6th
day of July A.D. 1832
E. D. Barber clk
Declaration of Elisha Field

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Ein
3527
P. O.
Elisha Fink
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
REJECTED
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Spain to Pafos
James
Elisabet
Miss 32
J. 3. Goodrich M.L.
Maldo- Count of Piumis Washington M.L.

Vermont
Reval
Elisha Field
Suspended
See W. Hon William
Slade. January 28
1894
Hon. J. Z. Goodrich 30 th March 1852
3527
Act June 7. 1832

I, Ichiel Wright, a clergyman residing in the town of Cornwall, County of Addison and State of Vermont, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Elisha Field, who has subscribed and sworn the foregoing Dec- laration, - that I have known him for a long time - that I believe him to be seventyone years of age, - that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
I further certify that I consider him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Ichiel Wright
Sworn to and subscribed
July 15 th 1833
Before me Doctus Mooten Just of Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Ichiel Wright and know him to be a minister of the Baptist Church in Cornwall in good standing -

and that his name subscribed to the above certificate is his own signa- ture.
Doratus Wooster Jnd of Penn
State of Vermont Addison County ss. I, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County, do hereby certify, that the within named Doratus Wooster, before whom the within affidavit was made is affectionately of the peace for said County, and his name subscribed to the certificate attached thereto is his own signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16th. day of July 1833.
Sam. Swift.

Elisha Fields explanatory Declaration -
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State of Vermont, On this 3 d day of January A.D. 1834, Addison District ss before the Probate Court for the said District of Addison, in open Court personally appeared Elisha Field of Cornwall in said District Being duly sworn makes the following declaration in addition to the declara- tion of his declaration made before the County Court for the County of Addison, on the 3 d day of July 1832, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832:-
At the time I made my former declaration, my memory had much failed in consequence of old age & a disorder in my head; - And it has since failed still more, so that I am not able to recollect dates or any particular facts distinctly, and the more I make an effort to remember, the more my mind is confound: - For one fact however, soon after I had made my former declaration, I recollected that I had made a mistake, and I am now able to correct the mistake. I then stated, that I enlisted into the regiment commanded by Colonel Warner, - Ebenezer Walbridge being Lieutenant and Colonel. The facts were that the said Walbridge com- manded a regiment of Vermont State troops, as Colonel, in which I enlisted for eighteen months - Some time before my term of service expired, (and it has lately been my belief that it was about three months before the expiration of said term,) - Colonel Walbridge's regiment, in which I served, was united in the service to Colonel Warner's regiment, and under the general command of Colonel Warner. - And it was in this way that I presume, that I made the mistake in my recollection, above mentioned. Elisha Field Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid. I am Elisha Walbridge

State of Vermont Addison District ss. I, Harvey Bell Register of the Probate Court for the said District of Addison, do hereby certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elisha Field for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 11 th day of January 1834. — Harvey Bell Register
I have been intimately acquainted with Mr. Fields from my childhood, having been born and raised in his immediate neighborhood. His character as a man of truth is unquestioned
William Slade M.L.
Jan. 17. 1834.

27.9524
Declaration of Elisha Field

And the said board do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prosecuted by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary sol- dier and served as he states; and the board also certify that from personal acquaint- ance with said Elisha Fuld as well as with Charles Linsley and Mrs. S. Abbott whose certificates are herewith transmitted, they consider them persons of veracity and entitled to credit. And the board further cer- tify that, from personal acquaintance with Lydia Tollen, whose affidavit is herewith transmitted, they consider her a person of veracity and entitled to credit and that her affidavit was sworn before a person having compe- tent authority.
Edward D Barber Clerk

STATE OF VERMONT, Addison County ss.
I, EDWARD D. BARBER, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify that the annexed documents contain the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application Elisha Field for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 10 th day of July A. D. 1832
Edward D. Barber, Clerk

Lease of Elisha Tull. v o
Superior
Superior
Hon. W. Slade H R

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Upon the statements of claimant it cannot be deemed true that he was ever in actual service in the Reg't of Col Seth Warner of the Continental establishment. The course of service stated does not agree with the

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
need to established facts of service. Further explanation